From Dutch tulips to internet stocks, how to spot a financial bubble | Curio

From Dutch tulips to internet stocks, how to spot a financial bubble

7 mins | May 17, 2021

What could kill off the latest investment crazes? Long before the current crazes of SPACs and Bitcoin, investors fought over everything from exotic bulbs to Pets.com. And as Jon Hilsenrath reveals, historians are warning these are perfect examples of how an inventive corner of the financial world can turn into a mania that attracts deception and comes crashing down.

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From The Wall Street Journal

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